The Old Globe is a professional theatre company in Balboa Park in San Diego, California . It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which is collectively called the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts:
21-463: Bergl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Emily Bergl (born 1975), English-American actress Joe Bergl (1901–1950), American car mechanic Maurice Bergl (1917–2009), English table tennis player See also [ edit ] Bergel Bergling [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Bergl . If an internal link intending to refer to
42-818: A cabaret show called Kidding on the Square , which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York City, then later in Chicago. In September 2011, with the show in New York, The New York Times wrote of her performance: Emily Bergl, an incandescent kewpie doll with a bright Betty Boop-inflected chirp, a defiant flounce and a sharp comedic edge, took the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel by storm on Tuesday evening. Her sensational show, "Kidding on
63-626: A cabaret singer. Bergl was born in Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, England, to an Irish mother and an English architect father. She has one brother. Bergl's family emigrated to the United States when she was six, initially residing in Denver, Colorado . When she was ten, they moved to Glenview, Illinois , where she spent the remainder of her upbringing. She attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College , where she
84-622: A Younger Actor/Actress for The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); and in 2003, for Best Actress in a Television Series for Taken (2002). Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe Theatre and the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre are part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. The White Theatre is located within the Karen and Donald Cohn Education Center. The Old Globe Theatre was built in 1935, designed by Richard Requa as part of
105-517: A production of Romeo and Juliet opposite Neil Patrick Harris at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in 1998. She then had the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film The Rage: Carrie 2 , the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie . She has appeared in episodes of the TV shows Gilmore Girls , CSI: Miami , Medium , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , NYPD Blue , Grey's Anatomy and Star Trek: Enterprise . She also appeared in
126-476: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergl&oldid=1002167041 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Emily Bergl Emily Bergl (born Anne Emily Bergl on 25 April 1975)
147-698: Is an English-born American actress. Bergl is known for her roles as Rachel Lang in the supernatural horror film The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Francie Jarvis on Gilmore Girls (2001–2003), Annie O'Donnell on the ABC series Men in Trees (2006–2008), Tammi Bryant on the TNT drama series Southland (2009–2013), Beth Young on Desperate Housewives (2010–2012), Sammi Slott on Shameless (2014–2015), Lilah Tanner on American Crime (2016–2017), and Tessie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2023). She also performs as
168-625: Is called the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts. In 1981 Jack O'Brien was hired as artistic director, while Noel became executive producer. In 1982, Teatro Meta, a bilingual theatre company so-sponsored by the Old Globe, University of California San Diego , and Southwestern College , had its first production. It was founded by Noel and Jorge Huerta . It became independent in 1987. In 2012, Barry Edelstein
189-747: The California Pacific International Exposition . The theatre was based on a copy of one built for the Chicago Century of Progress , which in turn was a copy of the Globe Theatre in London, England , where many of William Shakespeare 's plays were performed during his lifetime. Like the original Globe, the theatre was open in the center with a roof over the seating on the sides. During the exposition, it hosted 50-minute versions of Shakespeare plays. At
210-689: The psychological thriller Chasing Sleep , opposite star Jeff Daniels . She had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken . From 2006 to 2008, Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, played by Anne Heche . In 2009, Bergl starred in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre on Broadway in New York City. From 2010 to 2012, Bergl played Paul Young 's new wife, Beth, in
231-528: The seventh season of Desperate Housewives . From 2014 to 2015, Bergl played Sammi Slott on Shameless . From 2016 to 2017, Bergl played Lilah Tanner on American Crime . From 2018 to 2023, Bergl played Tessie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . In 2023, Bergl played June Levant in the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Good Night, Oscar , opposite Tony Award winner Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant . In 2010–2011, Bergl performed
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#1732772761225252-464: The Globe. The Community Theatre group stayed together, producing one-act plays in various venues around San Diego. When the Globe was returned to civilian use in 1947, Noel returned as general director, and he remained in a leadership position until his death in 2010. In 1949, he launched the Globe's summer Shakespeare Festival in partnership with the drama department at University of San Diego . Since then
273-608: The Old Globe began to offer adventurous, youthful plays for children. Many of the students in the Junior Wing would become actors in the company. For example, Victor Buono , who went on to become a film star after his time at the Globe. In 1953, the Junior Theater became a part of the San Diego Park and Recreation Department, having outgrown the Globe. From 1955 to 1978, Peggy Kellner designed over 200 shows at
294-558: The Old Globe, including costuming and set design. The Cassius Carter Centre Stage, a theater in the round, was added in 1969 in what had been the Falstaff Tavern restaurant. It was rebuilt in 2009 as the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. In March 1978, the Globe Theatre was destroyed in an arson fire, and an outdoor festival stage was hastily constructed so that the 1978 season could still be produced. An outdoor stage
315-550: The San Diego area, with most of the plays lasting less than an hour. The first director of the Globe theater was Luther Kennett (1937), and on December 2, 1937, the remodeled Old Globe Theatre opened with a production of John Van Druten 's 1933 play The Distaff Side . In the cast was a young actor named Craig Noel , whose presence as an actor, director, and artistic leader would guide the theatre's growth through more than five decades of continuous production. Noel would become
336-654: The Shakespeare festival has been presented every summer except 1953, when Noel broke with tradition by producing the smash hit play Mister Roberts instead. The Globe continued to produce a combination of modern plays along with Shakespeare and other classics. Since 1949, the National Shakespeare Festival has taken place nearly every summer at the Globe in San Diego. In 1951, the San Diego Junior Theater Wing of
357-455: The Square" may have played elsewhere, but arriving at the staid Oak Room it felt like a gust of fresh air that could knock you off your feet. A later article elaborated on her cabaret acts. Bergl's daughter, Eleanor Ruby Róisín Bergl, was born in 2017. Bergl was nominated for two Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films : in 2000, for Best Performance by
378-653: The end of the exposition, the Globe had been received so well that a nonprofit organization called the San Diego Community Theatre was formed to save the temporary structure from demolition. The committee leased the structure from the city, produced full-length plays, and created a more permanent structure by roofing over the theatre and bringing it up to code. The Globe Players, founded by Thomas Wood Stevens , began by producing abridged adaptations of Shakespeare plays in The Globe to attract tourists in
399-750: The second director of the Globe and play a major role in its development. Under his direction, the Globe would win a Tony award and become the first professional Actors Equity theater on the West Coast. He is also responsible for the founding of the San Diego National Shakespeare Festival during his time at the Globe. In 1939, Noel was hired as general director. During World War II , the United States Navy took over all buildings in Balboa Park, including
420-508: Was built just for the National Shakespeare Festival to continue. They performed modern spins on Shakespeare, including a 1987 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that featured an original jazz score. The Globe Theatre was rebuilt and reopened in 1981. In 1984, the festival stage was damaged in an arson attack. It was rebuilt and is now named the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. The entire three-theatre complex
441-539: Was the lead in several school productions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre. During her college years, she spent a semester (spring 1996) studying with the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center . She received additional acting training at HB Studio in New York City. Bergl began acting in theater, appearing in
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